Watch Mark Higgins Shatter His Isle of Man Lap Record in a Subaru WRX STI

We're currently in week two of the Isle of Man TT, the amazing annual tradition that brings the world's top motorcycle racers to the tiny island between England and Ireland to scream around the 37.73-mile ring road at truly ridiculous speed.

We drove (and broke) that car during Subaru's pre-IOM testing. We knew it was fast even then. But even we didn't expect it to be this fast: Higgins just obliterated his own lap record.

Last year, in a nearly-stock STI, Higgins did the lap in 19:15 for an average speed of 117 mph. On Saturday, Higgins brought out his all-new Isle of Man-built racer and set down a screaming high-17-minute lap.

Today, he beat Saturday's record by a walloping 14 seconds, setting a final lap time of 17:35.139. That calculates out to an average speed of 128.730mph around the 37.73-mile track, with a top speed of 168.6mph. That's just a touch more than 30 seconds slower than the current motorcycle record, with an average speed of 132.701 mph.

Courtesy of British outlet Autocar, you can see exactly what this record-setting lap looked like. There are a few moments where there's no sound, but even then, this will make your pulse race.